Cat flaps - the catflap man

[catbee]

Hi,

It was my misfortune to deal with Michael Watson aka the 'Catflapman' to fit a sureflap microchip door, he was less than helpful, condescending and rude to the point where he put the phone down on me.

Thank goodness he did me a favour as I wouldn't want him to touch my property with a barge pole.

Thought I'd warn any other potential clients from his abuse.

PS: not surprisingly his website does not allow for customer feedback...

[southeastelectric]

Would be nice to hear the other side of the story from the man himself

(Just a thought)

[NigelB]

I would urge anyone reading this thread to ignore it totally.

The poster made a, one can only assume, perfunctory search and then posted a, some may deem libellous, review on the Facebook page of a totally different company based in Devon (they do not do any work in London at all and have never done so).

Despite requests including personal forum messages here: http://www.chiswickw4.com/default.asp?section=community&link=http://appasp.ChiswickW4.com/server/app/forum/default.asp?site=1 to remove the offending review she has not done so.

The totally innocent party in Devon has now been advised from others on the Chiswick forum to seek legal advice and consider damages for the affect that it has on his business and reputation.

Hopefully this will drive home the message that you cannot simply 'paste and run'

[HoneyT]

It seems most unfair that what is really a libellous, certainly damaging, review cannot be removed from a facebook business page. I understand facebook have been sent numerous messages regarding this and yet the review remains at the top for all newcomers to see.

Furthermore, as stated above, she has failed on all counts to rectify this. Sadly, unlike her review, she seems to have disappeared.

[southeastelectric]

Because it's a new account

Presumably done it to piss someone off or to kill someone rather than post a genuine review

[NigelB]

I have to say that I only registered on your forum to put the record straight. No doubt this person has also posted her defamatory review elsewhere.

Anyway, thankfully no one will be misled by the 'review' (at least in East Dulwich).

[sandyman]

The main thing I've got from this thread is that the EDF is a much more user-friendly website than chiswickw4.com!

A clear win for SE22.

Another thought - doesn't Admin have an email address for the original poster from when she registered?

[ruffers]

I thought this was going to be about Colin....

[edcam]

That was the all time greatest thread on here.

ruffers Wrote:

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> I thought this was going to be about Colin....

[Siduhe]

That was the all time greatest thread on here.

After the "crushed or devalued" lunch review. Still my favourite.

[NigelB]

OK, as an interloper from west London I am not privy to the 'Colin' thread.

Given the often doleful threads on the ChiswickW4 forum I could do with a laugh if someone would kindly post a link to it.

[Siduhe]

NigelB, sadly it no longer exists. This is the most detailed reminisce I could find: http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?20,447811,456847

Although the thread I've just linked to is another contender - I'd forgotten this one.

[Salsaboy]

Catflapman - Worst superhero ever.

[NigelB]

Siduhe

Thanks, more humour than most of all the Chiswick threads put together.

I get fed up reading that Waitrose have run out of organic carrots for Arabella's ruddy pony and the conspiracy theories of their retained village idiot!

I have to opine that the ED forum is streets ahead and a great community resource.

[flocker spotter]

Why is it that any post that has any mention of cats on here seems to take on a life of its own, where many contributors seem to lose all sense of perspective?

[NigelB]

Be grateful that you don't live in Chiswick. Any forum post criticising cats or cat owners generates a fatwa in response :-)

[ruffers]

This may be it thanks to the way back machine taking us back to 2008...

https://web.archive.org/web/20080424025438/http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk:80/forum/read.php?9,82648